History Theatre / TheAddamsFamily

** Fortunately, she doesn't.

* ActorAllusion: Morticia sings "You have to be in love with Death" in the German and Dutch version of "When You're An Addams". ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'' made Pia Douwes (Dutch Morticia) and Uwe Kröger (German Gomez) household names in the theatre scene, and it revolved around Death's romantic pursuit of Sisi.

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* {{Cameo}}: Made by Thing and Cousin Itt, at curtain rise before Act I and II, respectively.

* EveryoneHasStandards: After Alice's Chalice-induced disclose about how miserable her life and marriage to Mal have become, a stunned Gomez remarks that's too dark even for the Addams Family.

* EveryoneHasStandards: After Alice's Chalice-induced disclose about how miserable her life and marriage are, a stunned Gomez remarks that's too dark even for the Addams Family.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The main poster promoting the broadway features [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/The_Addams_Family_musical_poster_2010_Nathan_Lane_Bebe_Neuwirth.jpg the family as depicted in the origianl cartoons]]. This however, makes it a bit misleading, as Wedensday is depicted in the poster to be a little girl, when she is actually an eighteen year old teenager in the musical proper.

** The different incarnations of the franchise have varied on whether Grandmama is Gomez's mother or Morticia's. The musical lampshades the issue by having ''both'' of them unsure whose mother she is with the implication that she isn't related to ''either'' of them and is just mooching off them.

* RealityEnsues: One of the more refreshing aspects of the play is seeing the Addams Family argue and be angry with each other. In past adaptations, conflicts were usually external and the family is always fully loving and accepting of one another. Here, Wednesday is unsure how to tell Morticia about her engagement and swears Gomez to secrecy, leaving Gomez torn between his wife and daughter, and Morticia spends much of the musical pissed at both of them for keeping secrets from her. Even the most loving, close-knit families aren't always going to be on the same page.

* InvisibleToNormals: The chorus of ancestral Addams ghosts can only be seen by the family. This leads to some amusing situations; for example, near the end Wednesday catches a bouquet thrown to her by the deceased bride ancestor, much to Lucas' confusion.

* NotSoDifferent: In "One Normal Night", first Wednesday begs her family to act normal for just one night to leave a good impression on the Beinekes. Lucas then sings a verse where he implores his parents to try to be normal for just one night to leave a good impression on ''her'' family.
** Lucas later proves that, yes, Wednesday ''may'' be crazy, but ''he'' is even crazier.